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blindly

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈblaɪndli/

Definition of blindly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a blind manner; without sight.
    “I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.”
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adv

  1. In a blind manner; without sight.
    “I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.”
  2. Without consideration or question.
    “1940 March 19, Albert Einstein, letter to Morris Raphael Cohen The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”
    “Human, "To hate blindly is as dangerous as to trust blindly." An old angaran proverb, one of many I have forgotten somewhere along the way.”

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Etymology

From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind + -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).

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